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Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women focusing on playing their game in exhibition against Carroll College

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

For now, expectations for the Gonzaga women don’t extend beyond Friday night’s exhibition against Carroll College.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Laura Stockton is ready to make some noise, as is Gonzaga

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

The way Laura Stockton sees it, if she makes some noise this season, so will Gonzaga.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women: Bulldogs primed for another run at NCAA Tournament berth

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

The Zags are going for their third straight West Coast Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and they have just the personnel to do it.

Sports >  Area sports

Washington State women look to climb in Pac-12; Idaho, Eastern Washington battle in Big Sky

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

Kamie Ethridge, a Hall of Fame player who won a national title at Texas in 1986 and a gold medal in the Olympics two years later, said she’s excited at the prospect “to build your own culture and get it going the way you want.”

News >  Education

Cooper Champions encourage parents, dads included, to get involved at school

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

Cooper Champions, a group of volunteers who provide teachers with help in the classroom, are encouraging others to get involved.

News >  Education

Major projects at stake as Spokane school bond heads to ballot next week

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

To everyone who will listen, Spokane Public Schools officials have spent the last few months talking about their hopes for the future. Those hopes are wrapped up in a $495 million bond that’s on next week’s ballot.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Former Freeman school district fundraising president under investigation for theft

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 31, 2018

The former president and treasurer of the Freeman school district’s nonprofit fundraising group is under investigation for first-degree theft after allegedly stealing more than $6,000 from the group’s bank account.

Sports

Kamie Ethridge excited to take reins of WSU women’s basketball

Mon., Oct. 29, 2018

Thank goodness for Kamie Ethridge’s dogs. After a recent Saturday practice, Sky and Harley ran amok through the Washington State women’s basketball offices until Ethridge guided them into a room. “I am so sorry,” she said in a soft Texas accent to a pair of recruits and their families. There was no apology necessary, but Ethridge probably knew that already – the girls loved the dogs.

News >  Education

Spokane Public Schools’ pre-AP offerings unique in nation

Sun., Oct. 28, 2018

When the College Board chose 100 schools to offer “pre-AP” courses to all freshmen, Spokane was the only district in the nation to get all of its comprehensive high schools into the pilot program.

News >  Education

As social media’s influence grows, teachers, administrators search for a response

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

For educators in Spokane, the perils of social media are everywhere.

News >  Education

Ninth-grade sex ed curriculum to be in place this year

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

Spokane Public Schools expects to have a sex education curriculum for ninth-graders in place later this year, its board members were told Wednesday night.

News >  Spokane

Ex-Ferris coach Jim Sharkey continues to work for Spokane Schools, but not in-person with students

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

Former Ferris High School football coach Jim Sharkey, who was investigated for allegedly exposing himself to students and allowing hazing of his players, will continue to be employed by Spokane Public Schools until at least the summer of 2021.

News >  Education

Ferris High School senior has turned his ADHD into academic advantage

Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

Those high school stereotypes are easy to apply and so hard to defy – unless you’re Jacob Erdman, who definitely isn’t your everyday nerd.

News >  Spokane

Despite city go-ahead on sportsplex, confusion surrounds stadium developments

Sun., Oct. 21, 2018

No local issue has earned as much confusion, even among the supposedly well informed, as the advisory vote on where to locate a new 5,000-seat stadium.

News >  Spokane

Epic College Gameday in Pullman as Cougars rise early to celebrate

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 20, 2018

Officially, ESPN GameDay at Washington State University began at 6 a.m. and ended at 9. Unofficially, the party began at about 3 a.m., as an estimated 20,000 Cougar faithful arrived.

News >  Education

Spokane high school students leave hate out of politics project

Sat., Oct. 20, 2018

The young people of Spokane talked politics this week, and they managed to do it without a trace of nastiness.

News >  Education

Roosevelt Elementary principal resigned after ‘swat’ to unruly kindergartner

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

Roosevelt Elementary School principal Laura Franks delivered a single spank to an unruly kindergarten student on the morning of Sept. 13. It led to her resignation the next day, according to public records obtained Friday by The Spokesman-Review.

News >  Spokane

Cougs fans get ready for Gameday in Pullman

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 18, 2018

PULLMAN – For many Cougar fans, it’s all about the journey. This one was special.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women picked to repeat as West Coast Conference champions

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

There’s a lot to like about this year’s Gonzaga women’s basketball team. The Zags are deep, experienced and savvy.

News >  Education

Early morning ‘zero hour’ classes give ambitious teens a boost, but is it costing them sleep?

Sun., Oct. 14, 2018

Early classes are designed to give students taking a full-load of college preparatory classes, which includes two years of a foreign language, an extra period. But some administrators worry that the price of this extra effort is a good night’s sleep.

News >  Education

With a little of the old and a little of the new, modernized Franklin Elementary sparkles with fresh life

Sat., Oct. 13, 2018

The Franklin Elementary School Modernization and Addition is just one of many projects paid for by the $205 million bond Spokane voters approved in 2015. At $26 million it’s not even the most expensive, but it’s certainly the most eye-catching.

News >  Education

Friends share memories of Steve Cook, Shaw Middle School substitute who died last week

Thu., Oct. 11, 2018

Shaw Middle School substitute Steve Cook may have died without next-of-kin, but he wasn’t without friends.

News >  Education

Authorities unable to find family of substitute teacher who died at Shaw Middle School

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 8, 2018

Steven Lynn Cook, 55, died Wednesday morning after going into cardiac arrest, according to Spokane Public Schools officials. He was substitute teaching.

News >  Education

Linwood Principal Gina Naccarato-Keele receives local, national honors

Sat., Oct. 6, 2018

Building a great school is about building relationships, and Gina Naccarato-Keele has done both at Linwood Elementary School.

News >  Education

School bond measure would replace Joe Albi Stadium; new location still to be decided

Thu., Oct. 4, 2018

The Arena has been a fixture since 1995. And now a new indoor sportsplex on the north bank of the Spokane River is nearing the design phase.